Phonemic awareness
Hear, identify and work with individual speech sounds.
Home-based phonics classes · Punggol, Singapore
Strong Foundations.
Confident Readers.
Structured Nursery–Primary 1 phonics lessons that build strong foundations and prepare children confidently for Primary 1 reading, spelling and grammar.
LTTC Certified•TESOL•Teaching phonics for 5 years
P1 Prepreading · spelling · grammar
Sounds to Stories
Systematic phonics, taught step by step.
Children learn grapheme–phoneme correspondences, blend to decode words and segment to encode spellings. Connected text begins early, while irregular high-frequency words are taught carefully: read all; spell few.
Decoding & encoding
Blend phonemes to read and segment words to spell.
Connected text
Apply taught patterns in sentences and meaningful stories.
Our six-stage phonics pathway
From first sounds to Primary 1 readiness.
Progress is based on skill mastery, not rushing through a fixed timetable.
Strong Foundations
Letter identification and formation, pure letter-sound pronunciation, phonemic awareness and secure grapheme–phoneme correspondence.
Short Vowels & CVC Words
Oral blending and segmenting, decoding and encoding three-sound CVC words across all short vowels. Children begin decodable sentences and stories, alongside selected high-frequency words.
Long Vowel Patterns
Magic-e and common long-vowel spellings. Children build automaticity and begin reading a wider range of unfamiliar words and storybooks.
Adjacent Consonants
Initial and final two- and three-consonant blends. Children practise longer CCVC, CVCC and CCCVC word structures without adding extra sounds.
The Complex Code
Consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs and teams, diphthongs, r-controlled vowels, alternative spellings, longer words and irregular “tricky” words.
Primary 1 Preparation
Reading fluency, spelling, sentence construction, grammar, comprehension and written-expression practice for a confident transition to Primary 1.
Read · understand · answer · write“The bright bird sits on the branch.”
A clear starting point
What happens during the assessment?
The assessment is a relaxed, child-friendly check—not a test your child must pass. I begin with your child’s current phonics knowledge and gradually check reading skills from the early stages onwards.
At each stage, I observe what your child can do confidently and where support may be needed. When the skills are secure, I move on to check the next stage. This continues until I identify the level most suitable for your child.
Current phonics levelSecure skillsAreas for practiceRecommended starting stageWhat comes next
Lessons begin at the right level. Earlier skills may be briefly revised to close any gaps before moving forward with confidence.
Level 0→Level 1→Level 2→Level 3→Level 4
Reading beyond the lesson
Real books begin early—from Stage 2.
Once Stage 1 foundations are secure, parents are encouraged to provide suitable published decodable storybooks. During Stage 2, children read these alongside my own short, carefully sequenced stories. This gives them early experience of reading unfamiliar books—not only familiar worksheets or class materials.
Children progress gradually from Level 0 to Level 4 as their decoding, fluency and understanding develop, building strong readiness for Primary 1 reading.
A → P1
Why reading confidence matters
English supports learning across Primary 1.
A child who can read fluently and understand what they read can approach classroom instructions, story passages and written tasks with greater confidence. English comprehension also matters in Mathematics: children need to understand the language of a word problem before deciding how to solve it.
Our goal is a confident transition to Primary 1—not pressure or rushing.Classes in Punggol, Singapore
Focused lessons—with P1 preparation built in.
Lessons are adapted to what each child can already hear, read and spell—not simply their age.
Nursery–Primary 1
Foundation phonics through structured Primary 1 preparation.
1-to-1 lessons
Individual attention and a child-paced learning sequence.
Small groups
Up to three children for purposeful practice and participation.
Feedback after every class
A clear update on what your child learnt, practised and is working towards next.
Parents are part of the learning journey
Clear feedback after every lesson.
Parents know the child’s current phonics stage, the skills being developed and the next learning goal. After each class, you receive focused feedback with simple instructions for useful home practice and how to help your child arrive prepared for the next phonics session.
What your child learntWhere your child is nowWhat to practise at homeWhat comes next
Created from classroom experience
Phonics materials with a clear purpose.
After working with many available worksheets, I often found that they did not provide the clear, connected progression my learners needed. That led me to begin developing my own phonics worksheets and structured curriculum.
Curriculum development is careful, ongoing work. Several stages are already in use, supporting children as they progress from early letter-sound foundations to blending words and reading stories. Each resource is designed to match what is taught in class and give children purposeful practice at the right level.
Phonics Curriculum DeveloperDeveloping · teaching · refining
Meet Miss Yamuna
Five years of phonics teaching experience.
I’m Yamuna Reddy, an LTTC-certified phonics teacher with TESOL training and a Master’s in English Literature. I have been teaching phonics for five years and have also taught at a Singapore enrichment centre. I help children understand how reading works—and keep parents clear about what we are learning and why.
LTTC Certified Phonics TeacherTESOLSingapore Enrichment Centre ExperiencePhonics Curriculum DeveloperMaster’s in English Literature
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